The American Council for Accredited Certification
(ACAC) promotes awareness, education and certification for
professionals. Our mission is to establish credible certification
programs that
provide value to certificants, their clients and the public. It is our
goal to serve the public interest with integrity as an independent
certifying body.

Our History

The Arizona Indoor Air Quality Council was formed in
1992 to promote awareness and education in Indoor Air Quality through workshops and
newsletters. By late 1995, the Council had more than 150 charter
members.

As the Council grew, so did interest in starting
similar organizations in other states. In 1998, the corporation changed
its name to the American Indoor Air Quality Council, and began to grow
nationally. By September 2000, the Council had grown to over 500
members with 23 corporate sponsors.

By 2002, membership in the American Indoor Air
Quality Council, also known as the IAQ Council, had reached approximately
3000 members, 200 corporate sponsors and had 46 local chapters in 26
states and several international locations.

On January 1, 2006, a major event changed the scope
of the IAQ Council’s activities. As part of an agreement with the
Indoor Air Quality Association (IAQA) and the Indoor Environmental
Standards Organization (IESO)the Council agreed to discontinue all
membership services and focus exclusively on certification programs.

At the end of 2006, the IAQ Council had more than
5,000 certificants in nine disciplines related to IAQ consulting,
investigation, remediation and administration.

By early 2008, the IAQ Council realized that its
expertise in certifications should be expanded to other industries;
hence, the Certification Council, Inc. dba American Council for
Accredited Certification was incorporated in the State of Arizona in
June 2008 and granted not-for-profit 501(c)(6) status by the Internal
Revenue Service. The process of changing the focus and image of the IAQ
Council to the American Council for Accredited Certifications (ACAC), a
name more descriptive of our present and future certification
activities, was complete.

Governance of ACAC

The operations and governance of the ACAC function
at three levels. Final executive authority is vested by the Council’s
bylaws in a Board of Directors.

The Board of Directors in turn appoints a National
Advisory Board to assist them in their decisions. The National Advisory
Board is composed of industry professionals and members of the public
sector, and offers the Directors an independent perspective on issues
facing the various industries represented by our certification programs. The National Advisory Board also oversees the
implementation of basic certification and operational guidelines common
to all ACAC certification programs.

Finally, each of ACAC's twenty certification programs is
operated by a separate Certification Board, which presides over the
awarding of certifications in its specific category. Certification Boards are
composed of experts who have field experience in the areas of expertise required for
the certification, and each of them holds the certification that he or
she votes to award. Certification Board members develop and approve all
examination materials and eligibility requirements, and review all
application materials. They approve the awarding of certifications by
unanimous vote.